KONNECT

Eutelsat has ordered a new-generation High Throughput Satellite offering unprecedented operational flexibility. Launched on 16 January 2020, and operational towards year-end, the all-electric satellite will be the first to use Thales Alenia Space's new Spacebus Neo platform.

This high-capacity broadband satellite will deliver significant resources for broadband services across Europe and Africa and set a new benchmark for flexibility in High Throughput Satellites.

Providing 75 Gbps of capacity across a network of 65 spotbeams, which together provide quasi-complete coverage of Sub-Saharan Africa, the satellite will address direct-to-user consumer and enterprise broadband services using dishes from approximately 75 cm. It will also be used for community networks connected to Wi-Fi hotspots, mobile phone backhauling and rural connectivity.

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Broadband

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Africa

Europe

NEWS

VIDEO

EUTELSAT KONNECT - A new-generation High Throughput Satellite for Europe and Africa

Eutelsat Konnect - bringing the world to you

EUTELSAT QUANTUM

Revolutionising telecoms markets

LAUNCH: 2020

CONSTRUCTOR: Airbus Defence & Space

EUTELSAT QUANTUM heralds a new era of commercial satellite service, enabling users in government, mobility and data markets to actively define and shape the performance and reach they need from a satellite.

Using a software-based design, EUTELSAT QUANTUM will be the first universal satellite to repeatedly adjust to business requirements and operate in any geographic region in the world.

In-orbit reprogrammable features will set a new standard in flexibility and will principally address markets that are highly changeable and mobile, for:

Communications on the move: dynamic beam shaping and vessel-tracking capabilities can be optimised for power and throughput as required by maritime, aeronautical and land-based transportation;

Data networks: bespoke design of wide-area networks and dynamic traffic shaping, responding to demand where and when needed;

Government users: rapid response for public protection and disaster recovery as well as secure control using the latest encryption technology.

ESA and the UK Space Agency are supporting the development of the core technologies integrated into EUTELSAT QUANTUM, within the framework of a Public-Private Partnership signed by ESA, Eutelsat and Airbus Defence and Space.

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Data

Mobility

Government

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Flexible

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VIDEO

EUTELSAT QUANTUM - Revolutionising telecoms markets

KONNECT VHTS

Delivering high-speed broadband across Europe

LAUNCH: 2021

CONSTRUCTION: Thales Alenia Space

Eutelsat has ordered a next-generation VHTS (Very High Throughput Satellite) satellite system named KONNECT VHTS, to support the development of our European fixed broadband and in-flight connectivity businesses. The satellite, due to enter into service in 2022, will be built by Thales Alenia Space, who will develop a satellite and ground segment solution that is the most competitive on the market today. With Ka-band capacity of 500 Gbps, KONNECT VHTS will embark the most powerful on-board digital processor ever put in orbit, offering capacity allocation flexibility, optimal spectrum use, and progressive ground network deployment.

The project will be launched with firm multi-year distribution commitments from Orange and Thales, two key European players and leaders in their businesses. A retail partnership was signed with Orange to address the fixed broadband market in European countries where the Group has a retail presence, and a distribution partnership was inked with Thales to serve notably the government connectivity services market.

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Broadband

Mobility

Government

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Europe

NEWS

HOTBIRD 13F & 13G

New resources at EMEA’S leading TV neighbourhood

LAUNCH: 2021

CONSTRUCTION: Airbus Defence and Space

Eutelsat has procured two new large satellites from Airbus Defence and Space to replace the three existing satellites at its HOTBIRD flagship neighbourhood.

The HOTBIRD family at 13° East forms one of the largest broadcasting systems in Europe, delivering 1000 television channels to more than 135 million TV homes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

These two new satellites are set to be launched in 2021.

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Video

REGIONS

Europe

Middle East

North Africa

EUTELSAT 10B

Eutelsat has signed a letter of agreement with Thales Alenia Space for the procurement of EUTELSAT 10B, a new all-electric satellite built on the Spacebus NEO platform. Scheduled for launch in 2022, the satellite will be located at 10° East, an orbital position that offers a unique visibility spanning from the Americas to Asia.

Responding to strong growth in demand for mobile connectivity, EUTELSAT 10B will carry two new multi-beam HTS Ku-band payloads:

a high-capacity payload, covering the North Atlantic corridor, Europe, the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East, offering significant throughput in the busiest air and sea traffic zones; and

a second payload to extend coverage across the Atlantic Ocean, Africa and the Indian Ocean.

The satellite’s HTS payloads will be able to process more than 50 GHz of bandwidth, offering a throughput of approximately 35 Gbps.

EUTELSAT 10B will also carry two widebeam C- and Ku-band payloads to ensure service continuity for existing customers on the EUTELSAT 10A satellite.